Rieger Papier orders WinDrum from Metso Paper

Published July 4, 2005 12.00.00 +2 GMT

Papierfabrik Rieger in Germany has placed an order with Metso Paper for a WinDrum winder. The WinDrum winder will be delivered to the mill for use on their white top testliner machine. Start-up of the winder is scheduled for April 2006.

The WinDrum winder has a trim width of 2,5 meters and its operating speed is 2500 m/min. The winder is equipped with automatic set change and slitter positioning, slitter dust removal system as well as a core feeding system for three different core sizes.

Papierfabrik Rieger, part of the W. Hamburger Group, is located in Trostberg, Bavaria, Germany. The mill operates two board machines producing 140,000 tons of white top testliner and folding boxboard per year.